Wind-shield hinge.



E. R. GRAMER. WIND SHIELD HINGE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 12, 1910.

985,571.. I Patented Feb. 28, 1911.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 12', .1910. Serial No. 543,446.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDW N B. ORAMER, a citizen of the-'United States of America, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Alleghenyv and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvemerits in VVind-Shield Hinges, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

Thisv invention relates .toa wind shield is hinge, and the primary object of my invention is to provide a novel hinge that will permit of the upper part of a'wind shield beingeasily and quickly adjusted to a desiredposition and firmly held during the movement of an automobile.

Another object of this invention is to furnish a wind shield-with a hinge that is slmple in construction, composed of comparatively few parts, durable and highly eflicient for adjustably connecting the parts of the wind shield.

With these and such other.ob]ects as may hereinafter appear, the invention consists of ner of assemblage without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

In the drawing :-'F igure 1 is a side elevation of a hinge constructed .in accordance with my invention, Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same, Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one of the interlocking members of the hinge, Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the device, Fig. 5 is a side elevation of another of the interlocking members of the hinge, Fig. .6 is a'vertical sectional view of .a portion of the hinge, and Fig. 7 is a plan of a stationary member of the hinge.

In the accompanying drawing the reference character A denotes a stationary member and B a movable member,'these members being somewhat similar in construction. Each member comprises a tubular body 1 and adapted to fit in each body is a tubular frame 2 adapted to support the vertical edges of -"aplate of g1ass'3, the edges of Y the plate being held by a U-shaped gasket 4 mounted ina longitudinal casing 5, carried the rollers 28.

able member 29 is provided with a seat 31' by the frame 2. The inner side of each member is provided with a vertical slot 6 and a transverse slot 7, said transverse slots confronting. one another when the members A and B are pivotallyconnected together. Secured int-he slots 7 by screws 8 or other fastening means are channel shaped shelves 9 provided with gaskets 10 adapted to support the confronting edges of the plates of glass held by the members A and B and the frames 2 thereof.

The rear sides of the members A and B at the lower ends thereof are provided with ofi-set portions 11 and. these-off-set portions are cut away to provide hinged sockets 12 and 13," the socket 12 being carried by the stationary member A and the socket 13 by the movable member B, these sockets being adapted to confront one another and be held by a bolt 14'. The outer end of the bolt 14 is provided with a threaded collar 15 adapted to extend through a central opening 16- Patented Feb. as, 1911.

provided therefor in the socket 12, and said socket is adapted to be held against a nut 17 by a nut 18 mounted upon the threaded collar 15 within the socket 12, said nut being placedin position by a spanner wrench or other instrument adapted to engage in notches 19 provided therefor in the nut 18.

The bolt 14 at the outer side of the nut 17 is provided with a collar 20, a sleeve 21 and a nut 22, said sleeve being connected to an angularly disposed bracing rod 23 adapted to hold the stationary part of the wind shield rigid relatively to the automobile providedwith the wind shield.

Secured within the socket 12 by pins 24 is an annular interlocking member 25 having.

openings 26 to receive the pins 24 which extend into the vertical wall of the socket 12.

The outer face of the interlocking member 25 is provided with radially disposed cylindrical pockets 27 for rollers 28 and adapted to yieldably engage the protruding faces of these rollers is a movable interlocking member 29 having the inner face thereof provided with radially disposed recesses 30 adapted to receive the protruding faces of The outer face of the movand the peripherythereof is provided with pockets 32 for longitudinal pins 33, said pins engaging in recesses 34 provided therefor in the inner face of the socket 13, said pins having the outer ends thereof bearing against the vertical wall 35 of the socket 13, while the inner ends thereof engage the inner end of'the socket 12. p g

The vertical wall 35 of the socket 13 is provided witha central opening 36 adapted to receive the reduced end 37 of acup 38, said cup having the closed end thereof provided with a central opening 39 to receive the bolt 14'. The cup 38 is retained in engagement with the-socket 13- by a nut 40, and the outer face of said nut is provided with radially disposed grooves 41 adapted to receive a cotter pin 42 which extends through the threaded end of the bolt 14. This manner of mounting the cup 38 upon the bolt 14 prevents the cup and the nut 40 from be- -poming displaced by any movement of the part'of these two elements.

Vithin the cup 38 and encircling the bolt 14 is a coiled spring 5L3, oneend of said spring engaging the closed end of the cup "38, while the opposite end thereof engages theseat 31 of .the movable interlocking mem-- 'ber 29. 'The function of this spring is to normally retain the movable interlocking member 29 in engagement with the stationary member 25 and the rollers 28 thereof.

The function of the pins 33 is to prevent the movable interlocking member 29 from rotating relatively to the socket 13, but these pins allowing the interlocking member 29 to shift longitudinally and place the spring 43 under tension, during a shifting movementof the interlockingmember 29 with respect to the stationary member 25.

With the member A stationary and holding the interlocking member 25, the member B can be easily adjusted to the angles-represented by the pockets *2? and the recesses 30 of the interlocking members, the inter-- locking member 29 receding during a shiftable movement of the same over the protruding faces of the rollers 28; What I claim, is v e 1. A hinge of the type described, comprising a stationary member and a movable -member,' said members having oif-set portions provided with confronting sockets, a bolt adapted toextend through said sockets and pivotally connect one of said sockets to the other of said sockets, an interlocking member fixed in one of said socket-s, a yieldable interlocking member arranged in the other of said sockets and adapted to confront thefirst mentioned interlocking mem- "ber, said interlocking membershaving the o posin faces thereof provided with radiall -d1sposed recesses and radially dispose rollers mounted in the recesses of one of said members and extendingin the reces'ses of the other of said members and adapted to normally hold one of said members fixed relatively, to the other of said members, and. longitudinally-extending means for locking the yieldable member in its respective socket to prevent rotative terlocking member fixed in one of said sock adapted to confrontthe first mentioned Isocket. v p

4:. A hinge of theitype'described, comprise 105 ing provided with radially-disposed recesses,

radially disposed rollers mounted-in the re- 8 cesses of one and extending in the recessesofthe other of said members, and a plurality of longitudinally-extending elements engag-- ing in said yieldable member and in the wal of its socket to prevent rotative movement of said yieldable member independent of its socket. f

3. Ahinge of the type. described, comprising members having pivoted sockets, an in- 9 ets and having: one face provided with radially-disposed recesses, radially disposed rollers movably. mounted in and projecting from said recesses,"a.-spring'pressed interlocking memberarra'ngedin the other socket and member, said spring pressed member having the face thereof, provided with recesses adapted-t0 receive protruding portions of said rollers, and .longitudinally-extendin means engaging in the wall'of thesocket an in .said yield-able member to prevent rotative movement ofthe latter independent of its ing members having pivoted sockets, an interlockingmember fixed in one of said sockets and provided with radially-disposed 1 e cesses, radially disposed rollers movably' mounted in and projecting from said. recesses, a spring pressed interlocking member arranged n the other socket and adapted to confront the first, mentioned member, said spring pressed member having one face I thereof provided With"recesses adapted to 5' receive protruding portions of said rollers, and means within said socket-and adapted to cause said spring pressed member to r0: tate with said socket, said means including o longitudinal pins adapted to engage in the 3 inner sides of said sockets and in the periphery of said spring pressed member. H

5. A hinge of thetype described, compr'is ing members, off-set sockets carried by said members and adapted to be pivotally con-' 2 nected together, an interlocking member fixed within one of said sockets and provided with radially-disposed recesses, radially disposed rollers movably mounted in the recesses and adapted to have portions thereof protrude from the face of said memher, an interlocking member slidably mount ed within the'other socket and provided withv radially-disposedreeesses for receiving the.

protruding portions of said rollers, 21) cup tioned interlocking memberin engagement with saidrollers and in a fixed position rela- 10 tivel to'the first mentioned interlocking meni er. r

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature ,in the. presence of two witnesses. EDWIN R. CRAMER. Witnesses:

K. H. BUTLLK,

EVA A; MILN'E.

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